This Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 900 (CRJ9) flown by Air Canada is coming in for a short final approach to runway 06 at Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport (CYQB). It is raining lightly and weather conditions require instrument flight rules (IFR).
All afternoon, planes land without any significant vortices. Then a CRJ9 flies overhead, leaving two beautiful swirls behind it. I place my camera between the two bars of the airport fence along Jean Gauvin Road and take a few shots.
Photography technique
I use a Canon 5DSR full-frame camera with ISO set to 200. The autofocus is set to SERVO mode. A shutter speed of 1/1000 is sufficient to follow the jet as it flies away. Cropping will then be necessary to bring the aircraft closer and position the vortices appropriately.
It is best to keep the runway lights in the frame to add more dynamism to the scene. They help to better situate the environment in which the CRJ9 is located at the moment the vortices appear.
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